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2 Kings 9:30-37

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Jezebel Killed

30 Then Jehu went to Jezreel. When Jezebel heard about it, she put on eye makeup, arranged her hair and looked out of a window.
31 As Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, you Zimri, you murderer of your master?”[a]
32 He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked down at him.
33 “Throw her down!” Jehu said. So they threw her down, and some of her blood spattered the wall and the horses as they trampled her underfoot.
34 Jehu went in and ate and drank. “Take care of that cursed woman,” he said, “and bury her, for she was a king’s daughter.”
35 But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing except her skull, her feet and her hands.
36 They went back and told Jehu, who said, “This is the word of the LORD that he spoke through his servant Elijah the Tishbite: On the plot of ground at Jezreel dogs will devour Jezebel’s flesh.[b]
37 Jezebel’s body will be like dung on the ground in the plot at Jezreel, so that no one will be able to say, ‘This is Jezebel.’ ”
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2 Kings 9:30-37 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 9

In this chapter we are told that one of the sons of the prophets was sent by Elisha to anoint Jehu king of Israel, and to order him to smite and destroy the whole house of Ahab, 2Ki 9:1-10, which being done unto him, and the order received by Jehu, he acquainted his captains with it, 2Ki 9:11-15, who set out with him immediately to Jezreel, 2Ki 9:16-21, where he slew Joram king of Israel, 2Ki 9:22-26, and Ahaziah king of Judah, 2Ki 9:27-29, and Jezebel, the widow of Ahab, and mother of Joram, 2Ki 9:30-37.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 7

  • 1. Jeremiah 4:30; Ezekiel 23:40
  • 2. 1 Kings 16:9-10
  • 3. Psalms 7:5
  • 4. S 1 Kings 16:31; 1 Kings 21:25
  • 5. Psalms 68:23; Jeremiah 15:3
  • 6. S 1 Kings 21:23
  • 7. Psalms 83:10; Isaiah 5:25; Jeremiah 8:2; Jeremiah 9:22; Jeremiah 16:4; Jeremiah 25:33; Zephaniah 1:17

Footnotes 2

  • [a] Or "“Was there peace for Zimri, who murdered his master?”"
  • [b] See 1 Kings 21:23.
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